No tikis..but I found a very odd Hawaiian shirt for $5 today while thrifting in Chinatown.
It has leis, hula girls, surfers, camels, pyramids & Shriner's fez caps on it..I mean, what's not to love? There's also a "Cheeseburger In Paradise At The Oasis: Las Vegas" logo on it, but I can't imagine it was a uniform shirt with the Shriner's hats...perhaps it was a one-ff project for a special convention or meeting. Anyway, I'm glad it's found a new home with me!

My friend picked them up for me. The owners told my friend that these were used by an "old tiki restaurant that used to be downtown". So were these used at the Calgary Beachcomber or the Tiki Tiki? This is the first time I've come across these mugs in my 10 years of collecting, so I'm gonna guess these are from the short-lived Beachcomber (which opened in the late 60's and burned down in the early 70's). They also sort of (but not really) look like the "Head Hunter" drink mug depicted in the menu:(not my photo):

Also, it's interesting to note that they look very similar to the Trader Dick's Moai mug,

Even though the sun wasn't shining in Michigan today the gods certainly were looking out for me. We had an awesome day of finds. Mugs, shirts and vintage Tiki galore but these lamps were the find of the day. I can't find any markings. Made of ceramic and just awesome. Now I just need to find or make the right shades.

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I thought this was interesting... Not the mug but where it's from. Latitude 20 in Torrance. The latitude 20 thread in locating tiki shows all the mugs from there but not this one. Ooga mooga doesn't have it listed for latitude 20 either... So is this a new discovery? Was it previously known that latitude 20 used the bug eyed moai?
Good news is I found several, and several of the bucket mugs and coconuts and 1 barrel mug all from latitude 20 in Torrance.

I found 2 Harvey's Sneaky Tiki green mugs the other day. Not rare mugs and wasn't gonna share until I realized the one is a lot smaller than the other one. I searched to see if anyone had mentioned this before, but came up empty.

I saw a picture a while back on TC of a really nice shell lamp in someone's home bar. It took me a minute to realize that it used to be mine, and that I sold it to the new owner a few years ago in one of my many collection downsizing episodes. I missed that lamp, and had a little seller's remorse when I was reminded how cool it was. This weekend I found a suitable replacement for the one I long ago parted with:

Now I have to part ways with something else I like to make room for my new lamp...
Buzzy Out!
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